English Quizzes For ESIC- UDC, Steno, MTS Prelims 2022: 19th January – Miscellaneous

TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Directions (1-10): In the
following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate
word in each case.

On October 2, 1983 the Grameen
Bank Project (1) the Grameen Bank.
We invited the Finance Minister to be the Chief Guest at our (2) ceremony. But when the Ministry
came to (3) that the ceremony would
take place in a remote district, they said it would not be an (4) place to launch a Bank and that the
ceremony should be (5) in Dhaka so
that all the top Government Officials could (6). We stood firm and (7)
to them that we did not work in urban areas so it made no (8) to have the ceremony in a city (9) we had no borrowers. We had the ceremony in a bag open field
with the Finance Minister present as Chief Guest. For all of us who had worked
so hard to (10) this it was a dream
come true.

Q1. (a) reorganised

(b)
merged

(c)
named

(d)
converted

(e)
became

Q2. (a) opening

(b)
closing

(c)
dedicated

(d)
inaugurate

(e)
induction

Q3. (a) reveal

(b)
know

(c)
aware

(d)
inform

(e)
acquaint

Q4. (a) excellent

(b)
available

(c)
inauspicious

(d)
appropriate

(e)
obvious

Q5. (a) invited

(b)
assembled

(c)
done

(d)
shifted

(e)
held

Q6. (a) present

(b)
accompany

(c)
attend

(d)
involve

(e)
entertain

Q7. (a) apologised

(b)
told

(c) explained

(d)
denied

(e)
refused

Q8. (a) difference

(b)
sense

(c)
difficulty

(d)
meaning

(e)
point

Q9. (a) where

(b)
while

(c)
that

(d)
however

(e)
which

Q10. (a) obey

(b)
achieve

(c)
discover

(d)
built

(e)
perform

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the
following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given
below.

A.  Among the essential features of this
situation is that no one knows his place in society, his class position or
social status, nor does anyone know his fortune in the distribution of natural
assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength, and the like.

B.  This ensures that no one is advantaged or
disadvantaged in the choice of principles by the outcome of natural chance or
the contingency of social
circumstances.

C.  It is understood as a purely hypothetical
situation characterized so as to lead to a certain conception of justice.

D.  I shall even assume that the parties do not
know their conceptions of the good or their special psychological propensities.

E.  Since all are similarly
situated and no one is able to design principles to favor his particular
condition, the principles of justice are the result of a fair agreement or
bargain.

F.  In ‘justice as fairness’, the original
position is not an actual historical state of affairs.

G.  The principles of justice are chosen behind a
veil of ignorance.

Q11. Which of the
following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

                (a)E         (b) G  (c) C  (d) D 
(e) F

 Q12. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

               (a)A          (b) E   (c) C  (d) G
(e) F

 Q13. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

               (a)A          (b) B   (c) D  (d) E 
(e) G

 Q14. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

               (a)B          (b) C   (c) G  (d) A 
(e) F

 Q15. 
Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?

              (a)A (b) E   (c) D  (d) D 
(e) F

SOLUTIONS: 

S1.Ans.(e)

S2.Ans.(a)

S3.Ans.(b)

S4.Ans.(d)

S5.Ans.(e)

S6.Ans.(c)

S7.Ans.(c)

S8.Ans.(b)

S9.Ans.(a)

S10.Ans.(b)

Directions
(11-15):
The correct sequence is FCADGBE.

S11.Ans.(e)

S12.Ans.(c)

S13.Ans.(a)

S14.Ans.(c)

S15.Ans.(b)

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